Vexillum plicarium

Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium
Shell of Vexillum plicarium from Gilbert Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Subgenus: Vexillum
Species: V. plicarium
Binomial name
Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium
(Linne, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra lividum Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Mitra balteolata Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra berthae Sowerby III, 1879
  • Mitra discors Küster, 1840
  • Mitra plicatum Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Vexillum (Vexillum) balteolatum Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra plicata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra pullata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra umbrosa Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874
  • Vexillum berthae Sowerby, G.B. II, 1879
  • Mitra denticulata Dall, W.H., 1905
  • Vexillum plicatum Röding, 1798

Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium, common name : the Plaited Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Plaited Mitre (Vexillum plicarium)

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 66 mm. This shell is usually white with black or dark brown spiral bands, but the basic color may also be cream or orange. The interior is white. The shape is fusiform, with various nodulose spiral ribs.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Andaman Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along Samoa and the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium (Linne, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.


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